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Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Dr. Samia Islam received her Ph.D. in economics from the West Virginia University in 2004, with specialties in urban and regional economics and public finance. She also has a Master of Social Science and a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Islam joined the Department of Economics in the fall of 2004. Before coming to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D. degree, Dr. Islam served as a research assistant at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and later at Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh . She also writes commentaries on socio-economic issues for her hometown newspapers, The Daily Star and The New Age.
Dr. Islam's primary research interests relate to regional economies and regional development issues, transportation investment and public finance.

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Dr. Samia Islam received her Ph.D. in economics from the West Virginia University in 2004, with specialties in urban and regional economics and public finance. She also has a Master of Social Science and a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Islam joined the Department of Economics in the fall of 2004. Before coming to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D. degree, Dr. Islam served as a research assistant at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and later at Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh . She also writes commentaries on socio-economic issues for her hometown newspapers, The Daily Star and The New Age.
Dr. Islam's primary research interests relate to regional economies and regional development issues, transportation investment and public finance.

Articles (12)

Declining Unionization and the Despair of the Working Class (Kelly Chen and Samia Islam) The Journal of Law and Economics (2023)

While the effects of labor unions on objective conditions have been extensively studied, little is known about their role in individuals' perceptions of economic circumstances. We investigate whether union density affects the subjective well-being of ...

Modeling Teleconnected Urban Social–Ecological Systems: Opportunities and Challenges for Resilience Research (Michail Fragkias, Samia Islam and Christian Sprague) International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development (2017)

Urban social–ecological systems (SESs) have progressively become more interdependent in their information, resource, material, energy and waste flows. The evolution of those systems has been studied through a variety of concepts (including central place theory, ...

Testing for Spatial Equilibrium Using Happiness Data (Frank Goetzke and Samia Islam) Journal of Regional Science (2017)

Happiness data are rarely used in regional and urban analysis, but it is a prime data set for testing the assumption of spatial equilibrium, the key assumption in the field of urban economics. In this ...

Determinants of Seat Belt Use: Regression Analysis with FARS Data Corrected for Self-Selection (Frank Goetzke and Samia Islam) Journal of Safety Research (2015)

We develop a methodology to use FARS data as an alternative to NOPUS in estimating seat belt usage. The advantages of using FARS over NOPUS are that (i) FARS is broader because it contains more ...

The Coasean Framework of the New York City Watershed Agreement (Geoffrey Black, D. Allen Dalton, Samia Islam, et al.) Cato Journal (2014)

Over 50 years ago, in “The Problem of Social Cost,” Ronald Coase (1960) attempted to reorient the economics profession’s treatment of externalities. He wanted to draw economists’ attention away from the world of pure competition ...

Multidisciplinary Research: Implications for Agricultural and Applied Economists (Siân Mooney, Douglas Young, Kelly Cobourn, et al.) Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2013)

We detail the rewards and barriers to participating in multidisciplinary research (MDR) using a 2011 survey of applied economists at U.S. universities. We compare these findings with an earlier 1993 survey to assess if rewards ...

An Examination of the Differential Impact of Highway Capital Investment on Economically Disparate Appalachian Counties in the USA (Samia Islam) Transportation Planning & Technology (2010)

The economic performance of Appalachian counties in the USA varies substantially across the region. The Appalachian Regional Commission has divided the 410 counties into four major categories: distressed, transitional, competitive, and attainment. This paper applies ...

Beyond the Veil: The Influence of Islam on Female Entrepreneurship in a Conservative Muslim Context (John C. McIntosh and Samia Islam) International Management Review (2010)

Although there is a well developed corpus of knowledge concerning female entrepreneurs in developed nations, relatively less is known about counterparts in developing and transitional economies. This paper uses a survey of 180 women entrepreneurs ...

Correcting Sample Selection in FARS Data to Estimate Seatbelt Use (Samia Islam and Frank Goetzke) Journal of Safety Research (2009)

In this paper, we use 2006 FARS data to estimate seatbelt use in the United States. We apply a method to correct the FARS data for sample selection bias introduced by Levitt and Porter (2001), ...

Impact of Air Quality Regulations on Entrepreneurial Activity (Scott E Lowe and Samia Islam) Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship (2009)

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of NAAQS non-attainment status on the entrepreneurial activity in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Most of the existing research on the relationship between non-attainment and ...

Impact of Air Quality Regulations on Entrepreneurial Activity (Scott E Lowe and Samia Islam) Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship (2009)

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of NAAQS non-attainment status on the entrepreneurial activity in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Most of the existing research on the relationship between non-attainment and ...

A Method for Constructing Commodity by Industry Flow Matrices (Randall W. Jackson, Walter R. Schwarm, Yasuhide Okuyama, et al.) The Annals of Regional Science (2006)

This paper presents theory and methods used to construct an interregional commodity by industry flow matrix for the United States. The interregional flow matrix method involves the construction of single-state (and DC) social accounting matrices ...

Well-Being, Job Insecurity and the Opioid Crisis (Samia Islam and Kelly Chen) 58th Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association (2019)

Opioid addiction is a factor relating to the automation of jobs, the vanishing middle class, and low labor force participation within the hotspots of opioid usage; but there is little information on whether it is ...

Well Being, Job Insecurities, and the Opioid Crisis (Samia Islam and Kelly Chen) 65th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (2018)

Happiness and the American Workforce (Samia Islam) National Compensation Association of State Governments Conference (2018)

Happiness and the American Workforce: Disappearing Jobs and the Opioid Crisis in Perspective (Samia Islam) Idaho Department of Labor Statewide Management Team Meeting (2018)

The presentation was based on Islam’s ongoing research examining opioid addiction as a factor relating to the automation of jobs, the vanishing middle class and labor force participation within these hotspots of opioid usage and ...

Testing for Spatial Equilibrium Using Happiness Data (Samia Islam and Frank Goetzke) North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Conference (2013)

Labor Shortage Continues, Puzzling Economists and Straining Workers (Ryan Suppe) Idaho Press-Tribune (2021)

A worker shortage, initially resulting from the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, has yet to abate, puzzling labor experts and forcing employers to rethink how they do business — maybe for good.

Boise's Hiring Shortage: Why Boise's Businesses are Unable to Fill Positions (Tyler Qualls, Kali Greenwald, Joshua Olsen, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

In today's ever-changing market, keeping the supply and demand of labor equal can be increasingly difficult. The new technologies and a vast amount of uncertainty about the future can be attributed to job shortages as ...

Construction Market Boom?: How Has Boise’s Growth Affected the Industry & Economy (Emily E. Kuehl, Chase Silvestre, Brooke Ross, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, and problems occurring from that include the need for housing and infrastructure creating an imbalance in the construction industry. Our research will be investigating ...

Engagement with College Students: Could the Use of Social Media Platforms and Casual Information Sessions Bridge the Gap Between the City of Boise and the Modern Young Adult? (Haley E. Neill, Seth Hayes-Fugal, Bryan Schell, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

The Boise community is growing rapidly with a sizable population that are college students or recent graduates, yet the city is having difficulty connecting with those young adults. We plan to conduct an online survey ...

Government Transparency (Alissa Dianna Wolfe, Abigail Thomson, Zachary Marcin, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

To quote author and scientist David Brin, “Liberty flourishes, not when government is weak, but when government is accountable.” Given that government transparency is directly linked to its accountability, as Boise continues to grow, the ...

Skilled Labor Shortages May Lead to Wage Inflation (Nathaniel R. de Boer, Samia Islam, Champe Kotara, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

In Boise there has been a growing demand for high skilled labor that is not being met, leading to rising wages for jobs that require those skills. Our objective is to research which high skill ...

Wage Inflation in Boise: Unskilled Positions (Katie Wright, Rachel Yingling, Jared Puglisi, et al.) 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase (2020)

Employment in Ada county has risen 2.8% from March of 2018 to March of 2019 which is faster than the national pace of 1.4% according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Everyone is hiring ...